Jul 15, 2026 | 5:31 pm
It’s generally held wisdom that a great way to make friends is through hobbies. But when figuring out how to start, folks can hit a wall. That’s why a new tech company, Soularis, has officially launched in Austin, with the goal of introducing users to new hobbies and each other.
Soularis essentially acts as a booking platform where users can hire guides (or sign up to be one) to lead them in a wide variety of hobbies from tennis, to music production, to reading tarot.
Founder and CEO Alexandra Frankel Silverman saw “firsthand” that finding a hobby can be an uphill battle, a press release says. That might be surprising for someone who has chased pastimes as diverse ceramics and marathon training, but as she told the website Bold Journey, it took work to get there. After a breakup, she said her life felt “really f**king boring,” and she made a list of possible hobbies, stumbling through the early logistics…